The new-brewery activity slowed briefly after the first dozen or so local breweries established themselves, but it has picked up again in the past year. Heavier Than Air Brewing Co. opened its doors on Ohio 725 in Washington Twp. in late August 2017, followed in 2018 by Devil Wind Brewing in downtown Xenia and Branch & Bone Artisan Ales on Wayne Avenue in Dayton.

Branch & Bone, one of Dayton's newest local breweries, opened at 905 Wayne. Ave.

And another new brewery called Alematic Artisan Ales is under construction in Huber Heights. The new brewery’s founders are building out 4,000 square feet of retail space at 6182 Chambersburg Road near Brandt Pike (Ohio 201), according to co-founder Jerrod Fisher.

Unlike other communities, the Dayton area has not seen any of its craft breweries that have opened in the last seven years shut down. And virtually all have expanded in some form or another, including Lock 27, which started in Centerville and later added a new and much larger brewery and restaurant in downtown Dayton.